The Criel Mound in West Virginia, built in 250–150 BC. Inside the mound, there was 2 skeletons near the top, and 11 at the base, which consisted of a large skeleton at the center surrounded by 10 others arranged in a spoke-like pattern with their feet pointing toward the central skeleton [1124×1529]September 6, 2025
Amputation set in wooden case including saws, knives, and tourniquet, Scottish, c. 1750-1800. [4256×2832]September 6, 2025
A gold cosmetic container and 3 bi-valve shells containing red, blue, and black cosmetic pigments, found at the Royal Cemetery at Ur in Iraq. Circa 2600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [2319×2500]September 6, 2025
A 4th century BCE solid gold finger ring found in Tomb Z in Derveni, Greece. The ring bears the inscription ΚΛΕΙΤΑΙΔΩΡΟΝ, which means “a gift to Kleita”, most probably the deceased of Tomb Z. Now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki [632×517]September 6, 2025
The Lead Plaque of Magliano, which contains 73 words in the Etruscan language, seems to be a dedicatory text, including as it does many names of mostly underworld deities. It dates to the mid 5th century BCE, and is now housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Florence [1800×2092]September 6, 2025
Hanging scroll made of silk with the portrait of Queen Victoria painted by Lancun 蘭邨, during the Qing Dynasty, China, c. 1842. The British Museum [2160×2048]September 5, 2025
A Japanese pattern book from the mid 1800s. It shows the the stencil patterns the factory could print onto fabric to make a kimono – via The Ashmolean Museum (680×510)September 5, 2025
Ceramic Sculpture of a seated warrior and two dogs. (400-800 AD), from Veracruz, Mexico.[1700×2240]September 5, 2025
Pear. Iran, 19th c. Steel inlaid with gold. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston [1920×2356]September 5, 2025
The figure of a lion, ivory, from the “Room with the fresco” at Mycenae ~ 1250-1180 BC. Archaeological Museum of Mycenae. [5058×3365]September 5, 2025
A gold hairpin ornament decorated with a standing phoenix and inlaid with turquoise. Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), China [2086×2695]September 5, 2025
Cylindrical hematite weights from Warka in Iraq. Old Babylonian Empire, 2000-1600 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [5173×2773]September 5, 2025
